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Police uncover ritualist den in Ogun, recover decomposing body

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Police uncover ritualist den in Ogun, recover decomposing body

The Ogun State Police Command has busted a ritualists’ den at the Iyana-Illogbo area of Sango Otta, where a decomposing body was found.

Reports say the police at the Sango Otta police station were alerted over the activities of the ritualists by a member of the community, prompting the policemen and members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS to swoop on them.

At the hideout located within an abandoned Ayokunnu filling station, some metres away from Iyana Ilogbo bus stop, along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, two suspects, identified as Babatunde Taofeek and Hammed Hassan were arrested.

Aside the decomposing body, various items such as clothes, shoes, wigs, matchetes, and bags were found.

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According to a resident of the area, who preferred not to be named, two victims in the custody of the ritualists’ escaped from the building and an attempt by them (ritualists) to recapture them  led to the discovery of the den.

A prompt response by the police led to the arrest of the suspects. However, two others, believed to belong to the group of ritualists, escaped.

The Ogun State Police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.

 

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